The Space Workforce: A Shared Dependency

March 27-28, 2008 - Washington, D.C.

The 2008 USRA symposium addressed key issues affecting the university space research community and how they can be addressed in the upcoming NASA reauthorization. In addition to last year’s focus on hands-on experience and space experiment opportunities for students, it included a discussion of the impact of export control restrictions. Also, a discussion of other issues USRA might work to help the university space research community.

Symposium Agenda

March 27, 2008
7:00 pm	Dinner Speaker Dr. S. Pete Worden Director, NASA Ames Research Center The role of Micro and Nano-Satellites in Space Research
March 28, 2008
8:20 am	A Congressional Perspective Dr. Leslee Gilbert Republican Staff Director for the House Science Committee
9:00 am	Keynote Address Dr. C.D. Mote President, University of Maryland The Gathering Storm Report and Space (pdf)
10:15 am	ITAR and Space Science Dr. Claude Canizares (via video conference) Massachusetts Institute of Technology Vice President for Research and Associate Provost
11:00 am	A Panel Discussion on Resolution Moderated by Prof. Hughes (Boston University) Prof. Daniel Baker (University of Colorado) Prof. Edward Groth (Princeton University) Prof. Robert Holzworth (University of Washington) Prof. Thomas Zurbuchen (University of Michigan)